Table 3.

Effects of bisdemethoxycurcumin on growth performance in LPS-challenged broilers.¹

Items		Basal diet		BDC diet		SEM	P-value
		Saline	LPS	Saline	LPS		BDC	LPS	Interaction
1–15 d	ADG (g/bird/day)	24.83	26.39	25.40	25.84	0.456	0.992	0.284	0.545
	ADFI (g/bird/day)	33.73	36.13	34.62	35.80	0.684	0.843	0.200	0.658
	FCR	1.36	1.37	1.36	1.39	0.008	0.483	0.238	0.661
16–20 d	ADG (g/bird/day)	55.16a	44.41c	57.99a	51.05b	0.409	<0.001	<0.001	0.027
	ADFI (g/bird/day)	78.83	70.24	82.08	75.63	2.098	0.312	0.084	0.799
	FCR	1.43	1.58	1.42	1.48	0.038	0.457	0.182	0.568

^a–cMeans with no common superscript within each row are significantly (P < 0.05) different.

Abbreviation: FCR, feed conversion rate.

¹BDC, basal diet fed with 150 mg/kg bisdemethoxycurcumin; LPS, lipopolysaccharide with a dose of 1 mg/kg of body weight.